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Maple syurp
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03/14/21 05:35 PM
03/14/21 05:35 PM
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So we have made 6 collects so far and have finished 22 gallons of syrup. But here's the problem. The first 3 collects finished off pretty clear but the last few collects have finished off so dark you can't see through It. And we have had to filter about twice what we would normally do. Never have I seen such dirty finished sap. The sap out of the bucket Is just fine. When you get towards the end of the season this Is what happens but we are just getting started. So does anyone know why this Is happening?
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Re: Maple syurp
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03/14/21 05:39 PM
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We are tapping nothing but hard maple.
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Re: Maple syurp
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03/14/21 05:55 PM
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Spot On It tastes just fine.
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Re: Maple syurp
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03/14/21 06:22 PM
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some friends were cooking yesterday said the early sap seemed to have a lot less sugar than the stuff they were cooking yesterday
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Re: Maple syurp
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03/14/21 09:55 PM
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Will have to look Into that.
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Re: Maple syurp
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03/14/21 10:12 PM
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Syrup is a bit darker right now for us because sugar is running below average. Also FYI warm sap temperatures can also cause it to get darker. Some years the sugar sand is bad too. So far collected 1600 gallons of sap with a 2.4 percent sugar content.
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Re: Maple syurp
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03/14/21 11:07 PM
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Other then about 12 days of very cold weather we have had a a very warm winter here In southern WI. That may have contributed to this darker syrup.
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Re: Maple syurp
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03/14/21 11:57 PM
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Back when I was helping my neighbors they took their lines down at the end of each season and washed thoroughly prior to them being put away. They had a map of the sugarbush with all lines marked and the lines were labelled. The lines were layed out prior to the trees being tapped. Everything ran into stainless holding tanks at the sap house. Never seen them produce dark syrup prior to the end of the run. Cleanliness for them was necessary to produce an above average product.
There were other producers nearby that left their lines up year round.
Not saying that's the problem but bacteria does effect the end product.
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